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Strategies to sustain your entrepreneurial ecosystem

Source Link

How can your programming be sustainable and live beyond this grant cycle? This approach has resulted in sustainable success for IASourceLink. Building collaborations can spark, spur, and sustain economic growth. Ask yourself: How can these dollars make the greatest impact in your community?

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Unsung Hero Spotlight: Beth Zimmer

Ecosystem Builder Hub

We’ve also had some success in convening ecosystem actors to discuss and share programs, refer entrepreneurs, etc. Today, I have asked some key funders to consider requiring ecosystem asks vs asks from individual organizations. What is the biggest challenge you face as an Ecosystem Builder?

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Pocket FM’s $103 Million Series D takes Storytelling to New Heights

American Entrepreneurship

Having surpassed $150 million ARR, the company is growing at 57% QoQ, attracting funders Lightspeed with participation from private equity firm StepStone Group. What sets Pocket FM apart is its vision to set up a sustainable and profitable business, backed by its unique pricing strategy. This latest round will fund U.S.

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How to run a startup accelerator

Founders Coop

Peers in a batch will become their own first-order professional network for the rest of their careers, sharing new learnings; referring customers, employees and investors; providing candid feedback; commiserating when things go wrong, and celebrating wins with a true understanding of what it took to achieve them.

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Frustrations and Challenges of Ecosystem Builders

Ecosystem Builder Hub

We strive to educate our community that success takes commitment, strategy, discipline, and patience to sustain the journey and see long-term growth. The success of small/local business is incredibly vital for a sustainable economy. Dealing with resistive funders, however, is our biggest challenge. Lack of awareness: Eco… what?

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Free money for your impact tech startup

David Teten VC

In addition, there are many other groups will give you cash, training, and community with few or no strings attached: Ashoka is a foundation that engages in scouring for and choosing the leading social entrepreneurs across the globe, who it refers to as Ashoka Fellows. Aspen Tech Policy Hub. Future Labs Flash Pitch. “For

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Impact Hub: Our policy approach

Impact Hub

Our 110 communities are diverse yet they all need an enabling environment of supportive regulatory frameworks, inclusive economic development initiatives, stronger social and environmental sustainability standards, and a brave impact funding environment.